joining me now, dana loesch, the person who kicked off this fundraiser for the pizzeria. she just spoke with the family. also leslie marshal a progressive talk show host and fox news contributor. what a day you have had, dana. we've watched numbers go up and up and up. over $300,000 now for this pizza shop, one of eight businesses. and what do you think this shows? >> megyn i have to say my amazing staff at my program and most importantly everybody out there that watched everyone that watches your program, they made this happen. and i think that we're now seeing people are tired of it. you know, you can have respect for other people's lifestyles and you can also have respect for people's faith. people their faith is who they are. and you can't just take it off when you go home from church. and a lot of people view their work as their ministry. so they stood up for this. and it was really wonderful to see people stand in the gap in this culture battle and say you know what, this isn't right. we're going to stand up for this family. >> you spoke with the daughter, crystal,

by the way the crowd sourcing that dana loesch got up to $840,000. then she shut it down.e giving a lot of it away and so on. any way that pizzeria ended up getting supported. why? the gay and lesbian people i know, they don't want to shut down the pizzeria they want to persuade the owner -- >> to see the light. >> right. fine. or some say don't cater my wedding. that's fine. >> most gay and lesbians don't want to sort of compel the service of businesses that don't want to do business. and frankly most christian-owned businesses don't want to object to doing business. >> this reporter stuck a mic in this 24-year-old's face. >> the reporter asked the father whether she should respond and so they made a conscious decision and stepped into a hot button national issue. >> you speak out your genuine beliefs and you will be punished. you will be called a racist. you will be compared to adolf hitler. >> you and i and people in the public eye get that all the time on twitter. we get that because we are willing to go out and say you know, controversial things publicly. she wasn't u